Today's Harvest

We grow a lot of things for Manresa Restaurant, and Tuesdays is one of our regular harvest days.  I won't bore you with what we harvest for the restaurant all the time, but I might make it a weekly event on Tuesdays

I've read blogs and comments from people on other sites who opine that Manresa cannot possibly get any produce from its garden in winter, because, well, it's cold in winter and nothing grows.  Wrong they are.  Well, they ARE right that it's cold in winter, and although we do have an advantage being in California, let me tell you that the low temperatures here in the garden have been all below 32 degrees every night for the last 7 nights.  We even hit 22 a few nights ago.

We know how to handle our frosts and freezes here, and I'll get into that more later.  But for now, here's our harvest list for today.  We have other things growing right now, which will be harvested as we go along this winter:

Mizuna                           
New Zealand Spinach
Ficoide Glaciale
Italian Parsley
Red Mustard Greens
Rapini (Broccoli Raab)
Carrots
    White Satin
    Purple Haze   
    Nelson
    Thumbelina
Sorrel
Radishes
Turnips
Kale
    Red Russian
    Toscano
Cauliflower
    Cheddar Cheese
    White
    Purple
Orach
Violas
Tatsoi
Lettuce
Pea Shoots (Usui)
Sprouts
    Mustard
    Mizuna
Leeks
Celeriac
Chard
Cardoons

Comments

[Annette]

I can't believe you have so much coming out of your garden at such low temperatures! You are an inspiration to all California gardeners. I can't wait to get some more tomatoes from you next spring.

[Keith Winkelman]

We took the 2nd Winter Garden class and have everything in the ground. The only thing that didnt' make it was the Mache. Mizuna, Cress, Kale, Lettuce, Rapini, Brocolli, Spinach, and Ficoide are all doing quite well - even through the last frost thanks to the blankets.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and exposing us to a variety of things we wouldn't have thought of on our own.
Keith

[Elizabeth Toshikian]

I love to see that people are out there talking about what we can grow in the Central Coast. We live in an amazing place and every year I grow wonderful veggies all year. This year we need some rain to get the crops go. Please keep up the good work. Viva la Santa Cruz!!!

[jeannie]

I'm so glad to see your tomato photo album, so beautiful to look at... and drool over. Thank you for providing inspiration to all us who garden and are foodies! You rock!